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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Christmas Projects...

As I sit here crocheting potholders for my daughter's Christmas present - I realized that this is a nice Christmas activity for anyone that can crochet even a little bit. So I decided to share with all of you. Here are the instructions:

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Crochet Pot Holders.I like to use a solid wool color yarn and a variegated color of mixed fibers that are less likely to melt with excess heat like cotton or acrylic with wool mix, etc. It works best if yarns are close to the same weight so one isn’t way thinner than the other. I’ve made them over the years with all cotton and I’ve made them with all synthetic and I’ve made them all one color, but now prefer the two color with wool and mixed fiber ones. The Yarn I mostly like to use now is: Patons Classic Wool- black; and Red Heart- Fleck, for instance, in varied colors; one skein each..I use a size G/6 hook. Chain with first color: 47 for approx. 8½ inch square potholder (depending on how tight you crochet). Chain 41 for a smaller potholder and 51 for a bigger one. You get the idea – odd number for smaller or larger ones; start by using first color.

.Continue First color: Single crochet (skip the first chain stitch) around both sides of the chain making a circle: o - Crochet three complete rows around of the first color – making a total of a six row strip..Second color: Tie off with a square knot in yarn to first color, just past the curve in the six rows leaving approx. 1½ inch thread. Single crochet the second color around to starting point, plus a couple stitches to form a triangle at ends. Double crochet same color around once, then single crochet around ending at edge where the triangle is forming. Tie off with first color again in a square knot leaving a 1½ inch thread..First color: Again single crochet around six rows; tie off with second color as above..Middle Second color: Double crochet around once, ending just past the triangle that’s forming at the ends..Tie off with first color then single crochet around six rows..Top second color: Single crochet around once; double crochet around once, then single crochet around once again ending each row just past the triangle making it a full triangle; tie off with first color as above..First color: Single crochet around three times making a total of 31 rows counting double crochet rows: Chain 12 to make hanging loop. Measure yarn loosely three times length of finished rectangle for sewing shut… cut off..Turn rectangle right side out now – leaving all tied off ends inside of rectangle. Now pull sides of rectangle together forming a square instead of the rectangle, with 12 chain loop at top. Tie off loop and continue to close the hole with crochet hook and “sewing” the long measured yarn through each side. Tuck/pull remaining ends inside the potholder with crochet hook.~Done~

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About Zany G

I'm a daughter of God; a wife; mother of seven; and grandmother of twenty-three. I write; paint; and have numerous interests.
I grew up on a farm in Arizona but have lived in Spain, Alaska, and various places in the continental U.S. while my husband served in the US Air Force for 20+ years.